Biography

Aaron Serfaty, adjunct assistant professor, jazz studies, has been playing professionally for 20 years. From 1980–1990 he was the first call session drummer in his native country of Venezuela. He moved to Los Angeles in 1991 to study jazz, African and Indian music at California Institute of the Arts. He co-founded the Cal Arts Latin Jazz Ensemble with David Roitstein and co-wrote the Afro-Brazilian/Afro-Cuban Rhythm for Drumset curriculum currently being used at the Los Angeles Music Academy, where he is a member of the faculty. Mr. Serfaty has performed, recorded and toured with Jon Anderson and Sergio Mendes, and he has been working with Cuban trumpet player Arturo Sandoval for the past 5 years.